Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 470 The Past of the Eternal Lord

"Isn't it a bit much to be so blunt?" Tang San stepped forward and examined the other person's body. "It's said that you were already dead, with only a wisp of divine thought remaining. I didn't expect you to reappear in this way. It's quite peculiar."

The Lord of Eternity smiled, the starlight on his face seeming to tremble, and said naturally, "I thought you would ask questions like 'Am I wearing clothes?'"

Are they wearing clothes or not?

Tang San said that there was no need to ask. The Lord of Eternity was naked and wearing nothing. Although he had a good figure, a normal person would not feel any lust in him.

"Since this is what you've been waiting for, then I'll ask you this: are you wearing any clothes?"

However, Tang San still responded to the Eternal Lord's wish.

"Sorry, no." The Lord of Eternity also revealed his mischievous side, then regained his composure and said calmly, "Next, let's begin the final test. If you win, then everything here will be yours. The scene has remained unchanged for ten thousand years, which is indeed a bit boring and tedious... Come on, bring some fun to my long life."

Why does this sound like something a major villain would say?

King Easton, the Holy Dragon, and the Eternal Angel stood around the Eternal Angel, each emanating a distinct aura—

The power of nature contains the purest life force.

The power of living beings represents sacred wisdom and immense strength.

The power of stars refers to the boundless power of the elements and the vastness of the universe.

At that moment, the three elements transformed into the purest energy and were injected into the body of the Eternal Lord.

click!

A crack appeared on her smooth, glass-like skin, revealing a white light.

Then came the second crack, the third crack...

At the final moment, the Lord of Eternity was covered with spiderweb-like patterns, and then his whole body radiated white light. An energy filled with a vast aura erupted out, shattering the cracked outer shell into pieces that floated in mid-air above the entire platform.

The light emanating from the Eternal Lord slowly receded, revealing skin as clear as crystal, which finally turned snow-white, just like the skin of an ordinary woman.

She was naturally draped in a gauze dress, with two precious beads floating on either side, connecting the two sides of the dress's train.

Above the jewel are two pale golden butterflies, their wings shimmering with light, like a dream.

However, what attracts the most attention is the Lord of Eternity's three thousand strands of starlight, dancing without wind and casually draped behind his head, as if each strand was forged from the most brilliant star in the sky.

Is this a woman?

Do not!

This is a work of art!

Ordinary people, upon seeing it, would not feel any sense of blasphemy; instead, they would only show feelings of shame and embarrassment.

"The Goddess of Creation was actually a girl," Tang San exclaimed in admiration.

"Hmph! What's wrong with that? I'm a girl too!" Austin Griffin retorted, displeased.

"Are you also a female form?" Tang San remembered that in "The Throne of Gods", Austin Griffin transformed into a man, but his conversation with Long Haochen revealed a seemingly homoerotic undertone.

"That's because I transformed into Long Haochen's appearance!" Austin Griffin roared. "I didn't intend to go against him, but who knew that bastard would be so inflexible... Never mind him. Now, let me out. I'm going to kill this bastard woman who abandoned me, as repayment for my challenge to you. How about it?"

Facing the Lord of Eternity, Tang San did not intend to use the Clear Sky Hammer. After all, even though the Lord of Eternity had obtained the three origins of nature, life, and stars from King Easton, the Holy Dragon, and the Eternal Angel, his strength was still less than one or two times that of his prime.

But subduing Austin Griffin is also necessary.

"After all, you are one of my abilities." Tang San agreed, but he wouldn't let Austin Griffin actually appear. At most, he would appear in the form of the Clear Sky Hammer and the Purple Gold Nine Clear Sky Battle Armor. After all, according to Austin Griffin's description just now, the relationship between him and the Lord of Eternity didn't seem to be as simple as twins.

"Tang San, this is the real me—"

As the Lord of Eternity spoke, she raised her white arms, interlocked her fingers, and made a lotus flower shape. The fragments that were suspended in mid-air on the platform floated behind her and transformed into a peculiar halo.

The halo is divided into two parts, one vertical and one horizontal. The horizontal halo wraps around the vertical halo, forming a cross shape when viewed from the front and north, which is extremely unique.

Tang San, however, could sense the peculiar aura emanating from this halo. The horizontal halo seemed to be infinitely large and infinitely small, possessing the power of heaven and earth, while the vertical halo seemed to have the sun, moon, and stars revolving, endlessly cycling and regenerating.

Without a doubt, that represents space and time.

The horizontal halo enveloping the vertical halo signifies that time is born within space, and that time gains meaning because of the existence of space.

"This is the artifact I used before I found the throne of the God of Eternity and Creation, and before I achieved the realm of creation. It is called the Wheel of Time."

The Lord of Eternity raised his right hand, and the halo behind him, which was more than ten meters in diameter, shrank to the size of one meter and floated above the palm of his right hand, slowly rotating.

"I was not born a creator god. I was once a human like you. I obtained the throne of the God of Eternity and Creation later in life. However, I can say that I was the first master of it."

"The winged people, orcs, and elves are the races of the world I was born into. Including them in the Eternal Realm was simply because I didn't want to be alone after becoming a god... That was my initial thought, until I discovered the power of faith."

"King Easton, the Holy Dragon, and the Eternal Angel—their angels weren't particularly outstanding. When they stayed in the previous plane, their strength only reached the ninth rank, which, according to the Douluo Continent, was merely the level of a Titled Douluo… After leaving that plane called the Holy Demon Continent, they went through countless years and, through a spacetime turbulence, absorbed some of its power before breaking through to the god level. Then, by combining the power of nature, the power of living beings, and the power of stars with the power of faith accumulated over many years, they condensed their corresponding godhood, achieving the first-level godhood within the god-level strength planned by the upper plane's god realm of this world."

"In the beginning, the Holy Dragon was just a low-blooded earth dragon, but I raised it from a young age, and we have a deep bond..."

"The Eternal Angel is a winged being by nature. She doesn't have strong talent for cultivation. It's just that she is my closest follower and has been with me since childhood. With my encouragement, she sees me as her goal to catch up with..."

"And King Easton... was originally the master of the forces of nature, not him, but the Elf Queen: Alice. However, she could not bear the eternal pain, nor did she want to restrict the freedom of the elves and force them to believe in her. So every once in a while, she would erase her memories. As a result, the forces of nature made King Easton, the most loyal follower besides Alice..."

At this moment, the Lord of Eternity was not in a hurry to make a move. Instead, he seemed like an elder who wanted to share all his experiences with Tang San... No, his tone was not like that of an elder, but rather that of a friend.

Tang San didn't interrupt, but instead listened attentively to the other person's story.

"To be honest, I'm very happy to see someone find a way that I never imagined." The Lord of Eternity suddenly smiled. "If you win, can you take me with you to pursue the realm of the universe? After all, I am just a wisp of the Creator God's soul. Although I possess all of His memories, He has ultimately passed away, while I am another independent existence... I have no evidence for this, but I have a feeling that I have lost the most important thing."

"By the way, the same goes for Austin Griffin, who resides in your hammer. Each time he dies and is reborn, although he retains the memories of the previous time, in reality, each time he is resurrected, he is not the original him—"

"Death is a strange thing. Even if you are reborn and have the same memories, you can't say that you are the same person."

"You can probably only understand this when you reach my level."

However, Tang San already knew the reason: there was an undying true spirit within his soul.

For the vastness of the universe, perhaps that is the true essence of a being, not memory, because that thing can be copied and fabricated.

Take the deities of the divine realm as an example.

If a god dies, but his soul and consciousness remain and are divided into multiple parts, and each part grows anew, then each of them is an independent individual and believes that he is the original god.

This method is less a resurrection and more a preservation of memories. The immortal true spirit, representing the essence of life, had already vanished into the void the moment the soul shattered. After the soul was resurrected, it was simply that another immortal true spirit entered it.

However, the soul cannot be compared to a simple soul guide device, nor can an immortal true spirit be regarded as a soul guide battery that can be replaced at any time.

Listening to Tang San describe the form of the soul shell and the undying true spirit, the Lord of Eternity was slightly taken aback, gave a self-deprecating smile, and then said, "I didn't expect you to know the reason?"

"I only witnessed its performance and made some guesses." Tang San denied that he had found absolute evidence. After all, he had only witnessed the existence of the Undying True Spirit and did not know its specific nature and situation, so he could not make any rash decisions.

"Too meticulous," sighed the Lord of Eternity.

"Only in this way can inspiration flow endlessly and cultivation avoid bottlenecks." Tang San had a different view. "In my eyes, cultivation before level 100, whether it is spiritual power, blood and qi, or soul power, is just accumulating the amount that will allow one to transform."

"While seemingly insignificant, it is also the most crucial foundation."

"It's quite contradictory."

The Eternal Lord smiled: "There are many contradictory things in the world... It seems we have quite a bit in common."

(End of this chapter)